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parenthesized ideograph enterprise

Parenthesized Ideograph Enterprise

On Japanese construction permit forms, ㈽ marks 企業組合, a cooperative business form. It encloses 企, a Japanese character associated with planning or undertaking a business. Compatibility normalization, a text conversion that expands enclosed forms, can turn it into (企).

Text symbol
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㈽ · (企) · 企 · 企業組合 · kigyo · kigyou
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ㈽ means

It marks 企業組合 in a Japanese company-type field.

A Japanese construction permit guide available in 2026 uses （企） in its company-type field for 企業組合, a legally recognized cooperative business form. The cooperative-law framework dates to 1949. In this word, 企 carries the sense of planning or undertaking an enterprise.

Unicode encoded ㈽ in 1993; that is an encoding milestone, not its real-world origin. A 2008 ISO/IEC 10646 draft records its compatibility form as (企). Unicode also lists ㈱, ㈲, and ㈹: each encloses a different character and has a different meaning.

Administrative Japanese shorthand; it fits a company-type field better than casual conversation.

Don’t treat it as a generic label for any company; this use identifies 企業組合.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
In a Japanese company-type field
Labels 企業組合, a cooperative business form.
Sent alone in chat
Administrative shorthand that can be opaque without its form context.

Don't confuse it with

4
㈠
Parenthesized ideograph One
shares “ideograph”, “parenthesized”
㈡
Parenthesized ideograph Two
shares “ideograph”, “parenthesized”
㈢
Parenthesized ideograph Three
shares “ideograph”, “parenthesized”
㈣
Parenthesized ideograph Four
shares “ideograph”, “parenthesized”

Questions people ask

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Why does ㈽ show as (企)?

Compatibility mapping. Unicode expands ㈽ to (企), three ordinary characters: an opening parenthesis, 企, and a closing parenthesis. As of 2026, Japanese display guidance documents older-system differences for enclosed CJK marks; a missing font glyph may instead show a box.

How to type ㈽

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 323D, then Alt+X to get ㈽.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “parenthesized ideograph enterprise”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 323d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
㈽
CSS
\323D
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㈽
HTML hex
㈽
CSS content
content: "\323D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%88%BD
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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